Re: [PATCH] Fix an OOB bug in uac_mixer_unit_bmControls

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 18:47:05 +0200,
Hui Peng wrote:
> 
> No, there was not triggering. I found it accidentally when I was going through
> the code.
> 
> Yeah, you are right. it is handled in the last check. Is it defined in the
> spec that the descriptor needs to have 4/6/2 additional bytes for the
> bmControl field?, if so, it is easier to understand the using the code in the
> way in my first patch.
> 
> If you think this is unnecessary, we can skip this patch.

Well, the patch essentially open-codes what the helper function does
adds one more check unnecessarily, so I don't think it worth.
Let's skip it.


thanks,

Takashi

> On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 12:18 PM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
> 
>     On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 17:57:38 +0200,
>     Hui Peng wrote:
>     >
>     > Looking around, there are other suspicious codes. E.g., in the following
>     > function, it seems to be the same as `uac_mixer_unit_bmControls`, but it
>     is
>     > accessing `desc->bNrInPins + 5`, in case of UAC_VERSION_1.
>     > Is this intended?
>    
>     Yes, this isn't for the mixer unit but for the processing unit.
>     They have different definitions.
>    
>     Now back to the original report: I read the code again but fail to see
>     where is OOB access.  Let's see the function:
>    
>     static int uac_mixer_unit_get_channels(struct mixer_build *state,
>                                            struct uac_mixer_unit_descriptor
>     *desc)
>     {
>             int mu_channels;
>             void *c;
>    
>             if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc))
>                     return -EINVAL;
>             if (!desc->bNrInPins)
>                     return -EINVAL;
>             if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins)
>                     return -EINVAL;
>    
>             switch (state->mixer->protocol) {
>             case UAC_VERSION_1:
>             case UAC_VERSION_2:
>             default:
>                     if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins + 1)
>                             return 0; /* no bmControls -> skip */
>                     mu_channels = uac_mixer_unit_bNrChannels(desc);
>                     break;
>             case UAC_VERSION_3:
>                     mu_channels = get_cluster_channels_v3(state,
>                                     uac3_mixer_unit_wClusterDescrID(desc));
>                     break;
>             }
>    
>             if (!mu_channels)
>                     return 0;
>    
>     ... until this point, mu_channels is calculated but no actual access
>     happens.  Then:
>    
>             c = uac_mixer_unit_bmControls(desc, state->mixer->protocol);
>    
>     ... this returns the *address* of the bmControls bitmap.  At this
>     point, it's not accessed yet.  Now:
>    
>             if (c - (void *)desc + (mu_channels - 1) / 8 >= desc->bLength)
>                     return 0; /* no bmControls -> skip */
>    
>     ... here we check whether the actual bitmap address plus the max
>     bitmap size overflows bLength.  And if it overflows, returns 0,
>     indicating no bitmap available.
>    
>     So the code doesn't access but checks properly beforehand as far as I
>     understand.  Is the actual OOB access triggered by some program?
> 
>     thanks,
>    
>     Takashi
>    
>     >
>     > static inline __u8 *uac_processing_unit_bmControls(struct
>     uac_processing_unit_descriptor *desc,
>     >                                                    int protocol)
>     > {
>     >         switch (protocol) {
>     >         case UAC_VERSION_1:
>     >                 return &desc->baSourceID[desc->bNrInPins + 5];
>     >         case UAC_VERSION_2:
>     >                 return &desc->baSourceID[desc->bNrInPins + 6];
>     >         case UAC_VERSION_3:
>     >                 return &desc->baSourceID[desc->bNrInPins + 2];
>     >         default:
>     >                 return NULL;
>     >         }
>     > }
>     >
>     > On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 2:55 AM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
>     >
>     >     On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 06:32:07 +0200,
>     >     Hui Peng wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     > `uac_mixer_unit_get_channels` calls `uac_mixer_unit_bmControls`
>     >     > to get pointer to bmControls field. The current implementation of
>     >     > `uac_mixer_unit_get_channels` does properly check the size of
>     >     > uac_mixer_unit_descriptor descriptor and may allow OOB access
>     >     > in `uac_mixer_unit_bmControls`.
>     >     >
>     >     > Reported-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
>     >     > Reported-by: Mathias Payer <mathias.payer@nebelwelt.net>
>     >     > Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
>     >   
>     >     Ah a good catch.
>     >   
>     >     One easier fix in this case would be to get the offset from
>     >     uac_mixer_unit_bmControls(), e.g.
>     >   
>     >             /* calculate the offset of bmControls field */
>     >             size_t bmc_offset = uac_mixer_unit_bmControls(NULL,
>     protocol) -
>     >     NULL;
>     >             ....
>     >             if (desc->bLength < bmc_offset)
>     >                     return 0;
>     >   
>     >     thanks,
>     >   
>     >     Takashi
>     >
>     >     > ---
>     >     >  sound/usb/mixer.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
>     >     >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>     >     >
>     >     > diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer.c b/sound/usb/mixer.c
>     >     > index b5927c3d5bc0..00e6274a63c3 100644
>     >     > --- a/sound/usb/mixer.c
>     >     > +++ b/sound/usb/mixer.c
>     >     > @@ -738,28 +738,39 @@ static int get_cluster_channels_v3(struct
>     >     mixer_build *state, unsigned int clust
>     >     >  static int uac_mixer_unit_get_channels(struct mixer_build *state,
>     >     >                                      struct
>     uac_mixer_unit_descriptor
>     >     *desc)
>     >     >  {
>     >     > -     int mu_channels;
>     >     > +     int mu_channels = 0;
>     >     >       void *c;
>     >     > 
>     >     > -     if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc))
>     >     > -             return -EINVAL;
>     >     >       if (!desc->bNrInPins)
>     >     >               return -EINVAL;
>     >     > -     if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins)
>     >     > -             return -EINVAL;
>     >     > 
>     >     >       switch (state->mixer->protocol) {
>     >     >       case UAC_VERSION_1:
>     >     > +             // limit derived from uac_mixer_unit_bmControls
>     >     > +             if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins
>     + 4)
>     >     > +                     return 0;
>     >     > +
>     >     > +             mu_channels = uac_mixer_unit_bNrChannels(desc);
>     >     > +             break;
>     >     > +
>     >     >       case UAC_VERSION_2:
>     >     > -     default:
>     >     > -             if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins
>     + 1)
>     >     > +             // limit derived from uac_mixer_unit_bmControls
>     >     > +             if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins
>     + 6)
>     >     >                       return 0; /* no bmControls -> skip */
>     >     > +
>     >     >               mu_channels = uac_mixer_unit_bNrChannels(desc);
>     >     >               break;
>     >     >       case UAC_VERSION_3:
>     >     > +             // limit derived from uac_mixer_unit_bmControls
>     >     > +             if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins
>     + 2)
>     >     > +                     return 0; /* no bmControls -> skip */
>     >     > +
>     >     >               mu_channels = get_cluster_channels_v3(state,
>     >     >                               uac3_mixer_unit_wClusterDescrID
>     (desc));
>     >     >               break;
>     >     > +
>     >     > +     default:
>     >     > +             break;
>     >     >       }
>     >     > 
>     >     >       if (!mu_channels)
>     >     > --
>     >     > 2.22.1
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >
>     >
> 
> 
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